Vagrant stem cells draft their gene companions.

Bonig, Halvard; Papayannopoulou, Thalia · Cell Stem Cell · 2010

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

In a recent issue of Nature Medicine, Ryan et al. (2010) uncover genetic modifiers of G-CSF responses by hematopoietic progenitors. The authors document a negative role of EGFR signaling and, provided an analogous pathway functions in humans, propose a potential new angle to promote clinical blood stem cell mobilization.